Jennings is now in his third term at Linbury Court School. He is still the same enthusiastic, eager character, but the trouble with Jennings is that he has his own extraordinary way of doing things. Simple matters become amazingly complicated whenever he takes charge. Take Bromwich's goldfish Elmer. Jennings and Darbishire look after Elmer when Bromo goes down with mumps, but their looking-after includes giving Elmer a dip in the school swimming pool . . .the very day before the caretaker is due to empty it for cleaning. There's Darbishire's mighty swipe at a cricket ball .. when he and Jennings are playing rather too near the Headmasters private garden. Jennings plan to repair the HeadÕs broken cucumber frame takes him into the school attic and its old photos of past school teams .. with the usual hilarious confusion.

And, of course, theres Jennings little hut, complete with Darbishires patented prefabricated ventilating shaft (made from an old drainpipe), special irrigation drainage canal, to clear the puddle in the middle of the floor, and the leaky tin of water on the roof, to drip down the outside wall and keep the fridge cool. Not forgetting Darbishires Pontoon Suspension Bridge, only the traveller and not the bridge is in a state of suspension, as the Headmaster finds to his cost. This is another of Anthony Buckeridges books about Jennings and his friends, whose adventures have already been told on television, radio, films, records, stage plays and tape cassettes. The books have been translated into twelve languages and sold more than three million copies.

Now Anthony Buckeridge has reedited them, so a new generation of young readers can laugh at each really funny story about Jennings and his adventures.

ISBN: 0 86391 051 3
209pp Hardback
Our RRP £6.95